Phil Godderidge, 77, who recently retired from running Godderidges Pharmacy in Waverley, with a book of formulas he inherited with the business. Phil Godderidge found himself responsible for the quality of local housewives' homemade tomato sauce as well as their medicines when he became the pharmacist in a small South Taranaki town. Catherine Groenestein Pharmacists Phil and Rosemary Godderidge in the garden they have developed together over 39 years around their Waverley home. Phil and his wife Rosemary, who is also a pharmacist, moved to Waverley in 1972. With healthcare becoming more centralised and fewer GPs in rural areas, pharmacists had an important community role, Phil Godderidge said.

Source: Stuff May 20, 2019 06:33 UTC